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458063

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Bengali Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA, AQA and Edexcel examinations boards to offer GCSE and A-level Bengali examinations beyond September 2018; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	30083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>Exam boards are independent organisations and the department continues to work closely with them to secure the future of all the existing GCSEs and A levels in less-taught languages, including Bengali.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/03/2016 11:13:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

458064

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bassetlaw
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were registered in Bassetlaw in (a) year 6 in primary schools and (b) year 11 in secondary schools in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	29964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of year 6 pupils in primary schools and year 11 pupils in secondary schools in the Bassetlaw constituency for each of the last 10 years were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of pupils on roll in schools in Bassetlaw, 2006-2015</strong> [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Year 6 Pupils in state-funded primary schools [2]</p></td><td><p>Number of Year 11 pupils in state-funded secondary schools [2]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006 [3]</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007 [3]</p></td><td><p>1,132</p></td><td><p>1,163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008 [3]</p></td><td><p>1,088</p></td><td><p>1,163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009 [3]</p></td><td><p>1,121</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 [3]</p></td><td><p>1,075</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 [3]</p></td><td><p>1,048</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 [3]</p></td><td><p>943</p></td><td><p>983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,001</p></td><td><p>970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>994</p></td><td><p>959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,013</p></td><td><p>906</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>[1] Includes sole and dual main registered pupils, as at January each year</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>[2] Includes middle schools as deemed</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>[3] Number of pupils by year group not available. Pupils aged 10 at 31 August previous year used as a proxy for Year 6 pupils, and pupils aged 15 at 31 August previous year used as proxy for year 11 pupils.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/03/2016 11:13:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

458065

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to update existing sex and relationships education guidance.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	29932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>This Government wants to provide all young people with a curriculum for life, which prepares them to succeed in modern Britain. High quality teaching of PSHE is central to this.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Secretary of State wrote to the ESC in February 2016 stating that the Department will continue to keep the status of PSHE in the curriculum under review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have asked leading head teachers and practitioners to produce an action plan for improving PSHE. We will work with these experts to identify further action we can take to ensure that all pupils receive high quality, age appropriate PSHE and SRE.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We welcome the supplementary advice for schools, ‘Sex and relationships education (SRE) for the 21st century’, published by the PSHE Association, the Sex Education Forum, and Brook. This addresses changes in technology and legislation since 2000, in particular equipping teachers to help protect children and young people from inappropriate online content, and from online bullying, harassment and exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/03/2016 16:56:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

458066

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the penultimate paragraph of her letter to the Education Committee of 10 February 2016 , on personal, social, health and economic education (PHSE) and sex and relationships education, which (a) headteachers, (b) PSHE practitioners and (c) other experts her Department is working with to identify further action.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	29933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The group of headteachers and practitioners that we are currently working with includes Carl Ward of Haywood Academy in Stoke on Trent; Cathie Paine of the Reach2 Academy Trust; Jerry Rayner of Rugby Independent School in Warwickshire; Michelle Colledge-Smith of the Outwood Grange Academy Trust; and Vanessa Ogden of Mulberry School in Bethnal Green.</p><p>We want to draw on expertise from a range of headteachers and practitioners and will invite others to join the group as appropriate. The Department regularly speaks to a wide range of stakeholders and will continue to do so regarding PSHE.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/03/2016 16:15:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

458067

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers who were aged 19, 20 or 21 in the years ending 31 March (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	29942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of care leavers aged 19 to 21 years is published in table F1 of the statistical first release ‘Children looked after, including care leavers and adoption’[1].</p><p>Data is not published on the number of care leavers who were formerly unaccompanied asylum seeking children.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/03/2016 16:14:55 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

457733

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2016 to Question 24002, on further education, how many steering group meetings of area reviews of post-16 education and training in (a) Birmingham and Solihull, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) Sheffield City Region, (d) Tees Valley, (e) Sussex, (f) Solent and (g) West Yorkshire took place without representatives of the (i) regional schools commissioner and (ii) local enterprise partnership being present in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	29811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>There are a range of ways in which Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) and members of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) can contribute to area reviews, for instance through the National Area Review Advisory Group.</p><p>It is expected that there will be at least five steering group meetings in each review. To date all Wave 1 Area Reviews have held a number of local steering group meetings and RSCs and LEPs are members. They or their representatives have attended the majority of these meetings.</p><p>In Birmingham and Solihull, one meeting in December 2015 took place without an RSC representative present.</p><p>In Greater Manchester, one meeting in November 2015 took place without an RSC representative present and one meeting in December 2015 took place without either an RSC or LEP representative present.</p><p>In Sheffield City Region, one meeting in December 2015 took place without an RSC representative present.</p><p>In Tees Valley, all meetings have taken place with a RSC or LEP representative present.</p><p>In Sussex, one meeting in February 2016 took place without an RSC representative present.</p><p>In the Solent, one meeting in November 2015 and one meeting in January 2016 took place without an RSC representative present.</p><p>In West Yorkshire, one meeting in November 2015, one meeting in December 2015 and one meeting in January 2016 took place without an RSC representative present.</p><p>Both a RSC and LEP representative have been present at all other steering group meetings of the Wave 1 area reviews.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/03/2016 12:18:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

457735

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Road Traffic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to schools on tackling the problems of traffic congestion at the school gate during school drop-off and pick-up.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	29809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The local authority (LA) is responsible for enforcing parking restrictions around schools. The LA must also promote sustainable travel and transport, and strategies for encouraging walking, cycling and public transport should form part of that. The duty applies to all children and young people of compulsory school age who travel to receive education or training in a local authority’s area and is reinforced by the Department’s home to school transport statutory guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445407/Home_to_School_Travel_and_Transport_Guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445407/Home_to_School_Travel_and_Transport_Guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2016 16:05:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

457738

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to ensure that adequate ring-fenced funding is provided to local authorities so they can successfully deliver the Government's childcare provision targets.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	29850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>We have already announced over £1bn more for the early years entitlements within the ring-fenced Dedicated Schools Grant by 2019-20, which includes £300m to uplift the funding rate to providers. The increase to the funding rate is based on robust evidence from the Review of the Cost of Childcare. We have made clear our commitment to maximise the amount of this funding which reaches front line childcare providers, and will consult on proposals for achieving this as part of our consultation on early years funding reform later this year.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2016 10:35:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

457739

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Play
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation in the report by Sense, Making the Case for Play, for play to be included as part of the ministerial brief of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	29851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education recognises that play has an important role in supporting all young children to develop and prepare for later learning. The importance of play is already recognised within the early years legislation covered by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education’s portfolio.</p><p>Play is covered in the statutory Early Years Foundation Stage framework and states: Each area of learning and development must be implemented through planned, purposeful play and through a mix of adult-led and child-initiated activity. Play is essential for children’s development, building their confidence as they learn to explore, to think about problems, and relate to others. Children learn by leading their own play, and by taking part in play which is guided by adults. The framework is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2</a></p><p>The staff working in early years settings as Early Years Educators (level 3) and Early Years Teachers (graduates) are required to have an understanding of different pedagogical approaches, including the role of play in supporting early learning and development. The criteria for the Early Years Educator and standards for Early Years Teacher Status qualifications are set by the department. However, it is the responsibility of early years settings to provide play opportunities for their children and pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p>Ofsted registers childcare provision on the Early Years Register and the General Childcare Register and conducts a regular cycle of inspection to ensure that provision meets the required quality and safety standards.</p><p>In judging the quality and standards of early years provision, Ofsted inspectors must assess the extent to which the learning and care provided by the setting meets the needs of the range of children who attend, including the needs of any children who have special educational needs or disabilities. At August 2015, 85 per cent of providers on the Early Years Register were rated good or outstanding for overall effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2016 10:49:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

457741

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many schools in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas will be unable to provide free school meals to qualifying children as a result of the discontinuation of the universal infant free meals small school support grant.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	29864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>To help small schools with the transition to universal infant free school meals (UIFSM), we have paid them an extra £32.5m over two years, on top of general spending on the policy which amounts to around £600m a year. In the recent Spending Review we also protected funding for UIFSM at £2.30 a meal. We are not aware of any school that is unable to meet its statutory obligations to provide free school meals either to its infants or to older children in receipt of qualifying benefits.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2016 10:35:21 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed